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Chocolate and Peanut Butter Oat Bars

I love to bake, that is no surprise but during the hot and humid summer months I do not like to turn on my oven (unless I have to). Because my sweet tooth cares not about the weather, I need to find recipes to satisfy it but not heat the house to temperatures comparible to those Hell. ha ha.

The internet came to my rescue yesterday and I found a recipe that included two of my favorite treats: Peanut butter and Chocolate. Food of the Gods I say. I did adapt the recipe a bit, my changes in parenthesis, and would do the same in the future as I felt they turned out great!! In fact I have made them three times in two days!

This recipe comes together in about 10 minutes but needs about 3 hours in the fridge to chill and set. These bars are gooey and need to be eaten with a bowl and sppon if not chilled/set but still very good. I like to take them out about 15 minutes before serving to soften a bit but still keep their shape. I served these to family and three people demanded the recipe. That is when I know it is good!! So good, I actually had to make these twice yesterday because the first pan was eaten before dinner in about 10 minutes! That is another reason to love the recipe, you can whip up another batch in no time flat! They chilled while we cooked and ate dinner and were perfectly set and ready to eat afterward.

*Next time I may sprinkle some chopped Reese’s Peanut Butter cups on top with the oat topping to enhance the peanut butter flavor!!

Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and vanilla. Mix in the oats. Cook over low heat 2 to 3 minutes, or until ingredients are well blended.
Press half of mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. (I pressed 2/3 mixture in bottom of pan)
Reserve the remainder for topping.

Meanwhile, melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in a small heavy saucepan over low heat, stirring frequently until smooth. Pour the chocolate mixture over the crust in the pan, and spread evenly with a knife or the back of a spoon.

Crumble the remaining oat mixture over the chocolate layer, pressing in gently.
Cover, and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours or overnight. Bring to room temperature before cutting into bars.

The only thing that can make chocolate better is by pairing it with peanut butter! No bake is wonderful too because if the oven is already in use from dinner or another dessert, I can still make these.

Oh, these look good! Sort of like a chocoholic’s alternative to oatmeal date bars (which I also love. i wonder what would happen if you were to puree some dates and combine them with the chocolate peanut butter…)

They look delicious. Do you think there would be a way to somehow combine this recipe and the oreo cheesecake one into some sort of bar? I think I might try and find something like it….time for a google search I guess.

Chris.
You could add crushed Oroes to the chocoloate/PB filling. (You could omit the PB and replace with a little butter, some semi-sweet milk and more chocolate. Or you could melt the chocolate and add to a mixture of cream cheeese and sugar for a nobake cheesecake filling. Don’t know the proportions, would have to play around so it is not too hard after chilling but still set).

If you wanted, you could omit a few oats and replace with some cocoa powder to the oatmeal mixture for a Chocolatey Bar with an Oreo/chocolate mixture inbetween. .

Or you could add crushed Oreo to the crust in place of some of the oatmeal.

I wish I had a web-based stamp of approval because I approve! These look like a glorified, super-fied version of those chewy Quaker oat bars. Love the reduction in butter for the increase in peanut butter. I do that every time.

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